This weekend, as dusk gathered before the fireworks on July 4, a group of my friends went to play basketball in a West Palm Beach park. A lone player was shooting hoops on the court beside us. He was short, with a compact frame and reddish hair, and he wore…
It will be the closest the Stanley Cup has been to South Florida since the Florida Panthers’ extremely brief NHL championship appearance in 1996: Former Panther Nathan Horton is bringing the premier trophy won this year by the Boston Bruins to Fort Lauderdale.We know Floridians are a bit apathetic about…
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman and South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz finally earned a victory against the press — at least in the charity softball game she played last night.After two consecutive losing games and suffering a broken leg at the hands of Capitol Hill reporters, Wasserman Schultz delivered a…
The last time the public heard of someone going over 100 mph on a Fort Lauderdale stretch of the A1A, it included douchebag Ryan LeVin drunkenly driving his Porsche and killing a pair of Britons.Now the IZOD IndyCar Series wants to hold the Fort Lauderdale Grand Prix on the same…
Trader Jack is back.Jack McKeon, manager of the 2003 Florida Marlins World Series-winning club, is taking back his old post at the age of 80.Edwin Rodríguez called it quits on the Fish, who have lost 11 straight amid a 1-19 record in June and a 32-41 record on the season…
LeBron James brought his talents to Miami this year to complete what should have been the first ultimate triumvirate the NBA has ever seen.James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh were hailed as superheroes who were going to lead the Miami Heat to championship after championship after championship.And we all believed…
Maverick (noun): An independent individual who does not go along with a group or party.Cavalier (noun): A gentleman trained in arms and horsemanship. Hubris (noun): Exaggerated pride or self-confidence, e.g. LeBron James. Not to belabor the point, but last night’s loss for the Heat proved one more thing. South Floridians…
Let’s get one thing clear: I’m still angry with LeBron James. I think he’s arrogant, immature, and full of an inflated sense of importance that was, ironically, fed by years of hero worship in his hometown of Cleveland. His decision to use a nationally televised ESPN special to snub that…
On May 1, television sports giant ESPN broadcast an exposé on gambling in the South Florida Youth Football League — including a segment of Pompano Cowboys Coach Osbert Small allegedly gambling in the stands of a kids football game.According to ESPN, Small — an employee of Pompano Beach for more…
The Miami Caliente, South Florida’s own lingerie football team, is no more. One of the ten inaugural teams in the league formed two years ago, the Caliente made it to the playoffs in 2010 with one of the best offenses in the league, losing in the conference finals to the…
One game into this year’s NBA playoffs and the Miami Heat are the new Las Vegas favorites to win the championship. Going into this weekend, the two-time defending champion Lakers were still the odds-on favorite, generally going at about 5-to-2 odds in most books.But after upset losses suffered by the…
Amid the sunshine and glittering surf of a Sunday afternoon on Lake Worth beach, the scene was hard to miss. A cluster of tanned, leggy college girls in short, tight shorts chased a volleyball around the net with a rumpled-looking group of guys in sweaty T-shirts. Occasionally, they were interrupted…
What’s the problem, Miami Heat fans? Are you too busy sipping mojitos and grazing on patatas bravas to get your butts in the seats on time? Is it the economy? Do you secretly hate LeBron James as much as the rest of the country does?These are the allegations lobbed at…
This week ESPN is airing a documentary about Tom Brady, or more specifically, about the six quarterbacks who were taken before him in the 2000 draft. The movie, “The Brady 6,” chronicles the careers (or lack thereof) of the men scouts thought at the time would be better than Brady,…
If you haven’t seen it yet, this photo is beginning to make its way around the internets, mostly because it is such a bizarre pairing. Taken at the Final Four in Houston this weekend, yes, that’s the former president there on the left. And shaking his hand old-school badass style,…
The Decision ESPN special that heralded LeBron James’ move from Cleveland to Miami last summer highlighted two sides of the NBA superstar: his ego, and his generosity.Although it inspired ridicule and resentment in many longtime fans, the one-hour show also raised $3 million for charity, according to USA Today. So…
This is it, the most anticipated athlete-based Saturday morning-style cartoon since “Pro Stars.” What started as an entertaining shoe commercial is now a regular short web cartoon based on the many personalities of LeBron James. This is the first episode of “The LeBrons.”…
Chad Pennington, the two-time NFL Comeback Player of the Year, would surely make a third run at the award if he returned to the field next season. But that doesn’t seem likely now. The former Dolphins quarterback, and current free agent, tore his ACL while playing a game of pickup…
Zydrunas Ilgauskas — the seven-foot-three statue known as “Big Z” — can’t help that he’s the giant European white guy on one of the most flashy, interesting, talked-about NBA teams of all time. It makes him an easy target. (And trying to rent out his digs in the middle of…
So this is what karma looks like.Last night, LeBron James arrived at the Quicken Loans arena in Cleveland wearing a T-shirt that said “Long Live the King.” That kind of hubris doesn’t go over well in the Paris of the Rust Belt. Especially not when you are the fallen hometown…
Miami New Times’ feature this week starts with a riveting scene from a high school basketball game three years ago.Rick Medvin, head coach for the Fort Lauderdale Christian High boys’ basketball team, stands on a court in Fort Lauderdale and watches as the opposing team walks out.That team came from…
Jose Canseco, the steroid-abusing snitch who keeps slinging mud at former teammates, may have pissed off his last few fans on Saturday night. About 400 people sat disappointed at a Hollywood casino, when Canseco’s celebrity boxing match was scrapped because he had secretly sent his twin brother Ozzie to fight…
